Graphic Medicine Podcast

Graphic Medicine Podcast

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Graphic Medicine Podcast episodes

  • Graphic Medicine Roundup – Keywords and Keyimages in Graphic Medicine
    Welcome to the Graphic Medicine monthly roundup podcast- new updates in Graphic Medicine, interviews, and more! Your hosts are Alex Thomas of Booster Shot Media and MK Czerwiec, aka Comic Nurse. After a fun opening chat, Alex & MK interview Lisa Diedrich and Bri Martino about their new edited collection, Keywords/Keyimages in Graphic Medicine. Links to all mentioned in the episode can be found on the Graphic Medicine website. Download Episode  
    57 min
  • Graphic Medicine Roundup: Drawing Health with Georgia Webber
    Welcome to the Graphic Medicine monthly roundup podcast- new updates in Graphic Medicine, interviews, and more! Your podcast hosts are Alex Thomas of Booster Shot Media and MK Czerwiec, aka Comic Nurse. After a fun opening chat, Alex & MK interview Georgia Webber about her new podcast, Drawing Health. Links to all mentioned in the episode can be found on the Graphic Medicine website. Download episode.
    1 hr 33 min
  • Graphic Medicine Roundup: Shay Mirk and Making Nonfiction Comics
    Welcome to the Graphic Medicine monthly roundup podcast- new updates in Graphic Medicine, interviews, and more! Your podcast hosts are Alex Thomas, MD and MK Czerwiec, RN.  After an extended fun opening chat, recorded this past fall, we interview Shay Mirk – co-author of Making Nonfiction Comics, a terrific new resource for graphic medicine and beyond.  For links and show notes, visit the graphic medicine website. Download episode.
    1 hr 14 min
  • Graphic Medicine Roundup Episode 3
    Alex Thomas & MK Czerwiec host the Graphic Medicine Monthly Roundup! For our third episode we are joined by Ellen Forney to discuss her latest book, The Adventures of You! For a link to the video of this episode and hyperlinked show notes, see the original show post on the GM website. Download episode.
    1 hr 42 min
  • Graphic Medicine Podcast: Heartcore
    Harvard Medical School Countway Library and the MCPHS Center for Health Humanities welcomed Czech creator Štěpánka Jislová to campus during her US tour for Heartcore, published by PSU Press. This lively interview with Štěpánka was recorded on September 9, 2025 at Countway Library. A. David Lewis, Associate Professor at MCPHS University, was her interlocutor. Questioning focused on her recent comic Heartcore, hailed by Foreword Reviews as “a searing graphic memoir” that seeks to break through unhealthy cycles of abuse and show how people can change for the better. This conversation will be of great interest to those engaged with graphic medicine,... Read More
    1 hr 12 min
  • Graphic Medicine Roundup Episode 2
    Alex Thomas & MK Czerwiec host the Graphic Medicine Monthly Roundup! For our second episode we are joined by the winners of the new Educational GMIC Award, Maia Kobabe and Sarah Peitzmeier. For a link to the video of this episode and hyperlinked show notes, see the original show post on the GM website. Download episode.
    1 hr 11 min
  • Graphic Medicine Monthly Roundup June 25
    Alex Thomas & MK Czerwiec host a new feature on the GM Podcast: Monthly Roundup! For our inaugural episode we are joined by the Sequential Artist’s Workshop co-founder Tom Hart. For a link to the video of this episode and hyperlinked show notes, see the original show post on the GM website. Download episode.
    49 min
  • Conversations from Ireland: Martina Follador

    In this last of our series from our summer 2024 conference in Athlone, Ireland, Martina Follador, illustrator and comic artist, discusses her comics on Celiac disease with our host, Christopher Dwyer.

    The Graphic Medicine International Collective would like to heartily thank Christopher and the entire 2024 Athlone Graphic Medicine conference team for making the conference and these podcast episodes possible. Special thanks to podcast team chair Laura Rooney Ferris, Trinity College Dublin, and conference organizer Jane Burns. Be sure to check out the conference archive on our website to see fabulous photos, more podcast episodes and more.

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    37 min
  • Conversations from Ireland: Maja Milkowska-Shibata

    In this fifth podcast episode from our 2024 Ireland Conference, Christopher Dwyer speaks with Maja Milkowska-Shibata, an international health researcher and Polish medical interpreter interested in storytelling and visual thinking. Per Maja’s website, her mission is to make health systems more accessible, equitable, safe, and effective through collaborative research, writing, and art. Links available on the graphic medicine website posting.

    Our podcast host, Christopher Dwyer, is a psychology researcher who specializes in the fields of cognition and education, with international expertise in the field of Critical Thinking. He is the author of the book Critical Thinking: Historical Perspectives & Practical Guidelines, published by Cambridge University Press. He authors an ongoing blog for Psychology Today, Thoughts on Thinking.

    GMIC would like to thank the 2024 Athlone Graphic Medicine conference team for making the conference and these podcast episodes possible, especially Dr. Dwyer, podcast team chair Laura Rooney Ferris, Trinity College Dublin, and conference organizer Jane Burns. Be sure to check out the conference archive linked above for photos, stories, and more.

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    37 min
  • Conversations from Ireland: Grace Farris

    In this third podcast episode from our Ireland Conference, Christopher Dwyer speaks with Grace Farris. Grace and Chris discuss her book-in-progress, parenthood, and Grace’s lecture at the 2024 Ireland conference.

    Our podcast host, Christopher Dwyer, is a psychology researcher who specializes in the fields of cognition and education, with international expertise in the field of Critical Thinking. He is the author of the book Critical Thinking: Historical Perspectives & Practical Guidelines, published by Cambridge University Press. He authors an ongoing blog for Psychology Today, Thoughts on Thinking. Follow Dr. Dwyer on Twitter, @CogitoErgoDwyer.

    GMIC would like to thank the 2024 Athlone Graphic Medicine conference team for making the conference and these podcast episodes possible, especially Dr. Dwyer, podcast team chair Laura Rooney Ferris, Trinity College Dublin, and conference organizer Jane Burns. Be sure to check out the conference archive linked above for photos, stories, and more.

    Next up in this series will be Maya Milkowska-Shibat, Ryan Montoya, and Martina Follador.

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    48 min

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The Graphic Medicine Podcast is a monthly round-up of news, updates, and interviews exploring the intersection between comics and healthcare. Hosted by MK Czierwiec and Alex Thomas.